This article analyses the development of Ghana's first private sector health insurance company, the Nationwide Medical Insurance Company. Taking both policy and practical considerations into account (stakeholders' perspectives, economic viability, equity and efficiency), it is structured around key
Carrots and sticks—the fall and fall of private health insurance in Australia
✍ Scribed by Jane Hall; Richard De Abreu Lourenco; Rosalie Viney
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
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